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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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