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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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