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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)