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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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