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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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