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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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