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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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