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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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