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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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