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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important 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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