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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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