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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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