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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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