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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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