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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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