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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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