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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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