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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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