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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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