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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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