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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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