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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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