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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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