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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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