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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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