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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators 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 strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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