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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses 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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