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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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