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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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