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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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