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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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