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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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