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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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