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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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