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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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