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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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