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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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