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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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