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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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