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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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