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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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