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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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