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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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