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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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