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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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