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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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