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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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