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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 several issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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