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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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