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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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