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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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