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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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