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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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