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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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