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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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