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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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