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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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