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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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