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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because 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 teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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