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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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