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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth 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. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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