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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly 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. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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