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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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