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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key 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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