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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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