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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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