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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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