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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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