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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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