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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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