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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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