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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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