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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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