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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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