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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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