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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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