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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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