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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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