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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the 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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