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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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