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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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