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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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