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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative 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 educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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