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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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