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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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