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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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