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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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