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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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