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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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