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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources