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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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