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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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