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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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