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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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