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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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