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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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