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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators 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 organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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