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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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