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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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