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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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