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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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