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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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