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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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