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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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