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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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