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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth 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. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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