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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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