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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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