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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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