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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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