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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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