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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines 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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