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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take 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. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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