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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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