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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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