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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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