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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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