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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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