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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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