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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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