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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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