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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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