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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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