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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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