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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in 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 massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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