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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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