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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take 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 online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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