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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants 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. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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