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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed 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 Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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