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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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