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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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