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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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