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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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