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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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