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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in 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. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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