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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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