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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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