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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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