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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers 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 Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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