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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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