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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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