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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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