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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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