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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take 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 mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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