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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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