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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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