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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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