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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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