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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes 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. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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