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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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