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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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