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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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