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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate 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 MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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