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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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