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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. 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 generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches 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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