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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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