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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 several topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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