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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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