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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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