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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes 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. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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