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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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