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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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