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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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