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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the 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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