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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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