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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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