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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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