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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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