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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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