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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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