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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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