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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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