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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth 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 classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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