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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure 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 business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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