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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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