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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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