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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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