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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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