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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers 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 different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study 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 low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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