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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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