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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. 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 courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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