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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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