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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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