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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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