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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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