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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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