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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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