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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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