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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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