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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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