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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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