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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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