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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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