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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering 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 generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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