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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors 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 organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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