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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important 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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