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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major 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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