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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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