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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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