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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around 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. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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