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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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