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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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