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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take 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. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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