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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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