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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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