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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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