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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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