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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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