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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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