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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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