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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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