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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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