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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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