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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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