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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners 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 topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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