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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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