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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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