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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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