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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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