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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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