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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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