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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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