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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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