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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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