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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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