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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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