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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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