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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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