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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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