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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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