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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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