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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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