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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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