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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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