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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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