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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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