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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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