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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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