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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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