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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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