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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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