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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part 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 online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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