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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes 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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