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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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