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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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