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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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