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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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