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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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