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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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