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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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