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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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