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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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