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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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