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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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