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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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