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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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