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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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