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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology enable learners all around 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 online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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