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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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