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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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