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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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