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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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