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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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