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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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