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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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