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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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