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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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