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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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