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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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