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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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