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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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