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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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