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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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