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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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