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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people 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. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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