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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this 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 intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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