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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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