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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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