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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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