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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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