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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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