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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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