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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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