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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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