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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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