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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 (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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