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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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