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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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