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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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