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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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