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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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