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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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