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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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