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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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