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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses 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. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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