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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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