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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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