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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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