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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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