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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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