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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of 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. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. 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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