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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. 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 classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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