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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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