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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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