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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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