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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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