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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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