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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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