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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are 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 learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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