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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)