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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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