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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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