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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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