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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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