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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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