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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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