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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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