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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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