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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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