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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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