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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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