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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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