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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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