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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are generally 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 issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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