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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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