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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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