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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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