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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book 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 reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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