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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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