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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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