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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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