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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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