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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies 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 educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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