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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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