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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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