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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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