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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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