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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important 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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