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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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