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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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