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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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