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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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