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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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