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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate 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 massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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