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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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