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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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