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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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