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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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