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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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