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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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