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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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