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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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