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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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