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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students 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. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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