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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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