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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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