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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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