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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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