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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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