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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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