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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes 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. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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