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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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