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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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