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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open 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 University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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