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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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