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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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