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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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