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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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