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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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