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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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 typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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