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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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