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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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