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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions be assured that lecturers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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