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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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