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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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