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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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