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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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