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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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