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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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