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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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