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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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