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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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