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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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