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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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