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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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