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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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