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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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