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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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