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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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