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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes 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 courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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