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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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