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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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