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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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