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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate 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 massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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