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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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