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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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