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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled learners in nations all around 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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