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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the 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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