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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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