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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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