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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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