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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major 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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