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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are making it possible for people all over 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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