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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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