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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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