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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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