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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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