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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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