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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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