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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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