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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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