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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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