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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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