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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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