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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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