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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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