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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major 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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