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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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