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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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