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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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