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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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