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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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