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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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