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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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