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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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