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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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