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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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