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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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