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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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