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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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