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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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