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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants 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. MOOCs are normally free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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