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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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