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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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