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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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