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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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