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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee 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 strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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