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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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