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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses