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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers 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 business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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