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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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