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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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