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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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