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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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