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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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