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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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