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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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