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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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