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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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