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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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