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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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