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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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