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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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