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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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