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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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