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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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