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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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