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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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