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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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