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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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