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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that educators 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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