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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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