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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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