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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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