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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators 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 organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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