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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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