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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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