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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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