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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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