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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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