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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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