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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines 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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