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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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