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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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