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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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