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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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