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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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