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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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