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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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 for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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