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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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