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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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