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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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