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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses 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. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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