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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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