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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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