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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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