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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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