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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants 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. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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