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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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