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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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