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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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