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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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