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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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