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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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