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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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