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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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