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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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 several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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