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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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