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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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