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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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