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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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