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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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