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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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