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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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