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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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