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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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