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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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