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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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