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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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