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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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