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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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