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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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